Security and Crime

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  • Illegal immigration attempts by 173 people aborted

    Date: 2016-10-13 11:34:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:36 - ID:5762057

    CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) - Border guards foiled illegal immigration attempts by 173 people of various nationalities over the past few days. The forces also seized huge quantities of drugs along with three plateless cars loaded with 438 buckshot guns ....

  • 80 prisoners pardoned on October War anniversary

    Date: 2016-10-12 12:14:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:41 - ID:5756045

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry's prison department pardoned 80 prisoners on the 43rd anniversary of the 6th of October victory. The prison department also found conditional pardon is applied to to 91 inmates. The Egyptian ....

  • Cairo police launch campaign to control prices

    Date: 2016-10-12 11:35:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:33 - ID:5755681

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Cairo police have launched a campaign to control prices and counter all forms of commercial fraud. The campaign is meant to face attempts to increase prices, particularly of basic and strategic commodities, and to detect ....

  • Attempt to smuggle more than 2 tons of hashish foiled

    Date: 2016-10-11 14:56:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:73 - ID:5749625

    CAIRO, Oct 11 (MENA) - Security forces foiled an attempt to smuggle 2,200 kilograms of hashish from an Arab country into Egypt through a fishing boat off Matrouh coasts. The Anti-Drug General Department followed up the activities of a gang, ....

  • 3 MB elements arrested in Qena for inciting violence

    Date: 2016-10-11 12:12:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:5748801

    QENA, Egypt, Oct 11 (MENA) - Qena police arrested on Tuesday three members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group on charges of inciting violence. The arrestees are accused of inciting violence against state institutions and joining a banned ....

  • 5 illegal immigration brokers arrested in Alex

    Date: 2016-10-11 11:38:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:32 - ID:5748353

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Oct 11 (MENA) - Nine illegal immigration brokers were arrested in Alexandria, five on Tuesday and four others on Monday. The brokers formed two gangs specialized in sending youths illegally to Italy and Greece in return for ....

  • 4 MB fugitives arrested in Sohag

    Date: 2016-10-11 11:38:07 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:31 - ID:5748813

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Oct 11 (MENA) - Sohag police have arrested four members of the Muslim Brotherhood group in the towns of Girga, Tahta and Akhmim. All four had been sentenced in absentia to prison terms ranging between three to five years on ....

  • Naval forces abort narcotics smuggling attempt

    Date: 2016-10-11 09:38:54 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:17 - ID:5747581

    CAIRO, Oct 11 (MENA) - Naval forces foiled on Tuesday an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into the country. About 1.600 tons of hashish were seized on board of a fishing boat north of Salloum city. The four crew members - who ....

  • Woman killed, 13 injured in N. Sinai road accident

    Date: 2016-10-10 20:53:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:105 - ID:5745741

    EL ARISH, Oct 10 (MENA) - A woman was killed and 13 others were injured when a pickup truck collided with a microbus on Al Arish-Qantara road. The body and the injured were rushed to the Bir al-Abed Central Hospital and the bodies concerned were ....

  • 4 illegal migration agents in Alex. held in custody

    Date: 2016-10-10 15:53:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:88 - ID:5744197

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 10 (MENA) - Alexandria's public prosecution decided to keep in custody four illegal migration agents for four days pending investigations. The defendants are accused of luring youth from different governorates to illegally migrate ....

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